stevejones

Well I have a tungsten pearl is250 and the finish on my ISP rims are in rough shape and they have lots of curb rash so I decided to coat them with a metallic grey and it isnt doing t for me. Im thinking I want to try out black so Im going to sand down my rims, prime it, coat them black then finish them off with some clear coat.

Ive always been a huge fan of black roofs on the IS but i didnt know if it would look good on a tungsten pearl IS but i recently seen one and it looked good. I also wouldnt mind blacking out my emblems or getting black chrome ones and then blacking out my grille. Then I would like to maybe get smoked out tail lights.

So you guys think a tungsten pearl IS250 would look good with black rims, black roof, black chrome emblems, blacked out grill and smoked tail lights? Anyone got a pic of a car thats close to what Im looking for?

I know some people say get a new exhaust, drop your car and get new rims but I dont think thats for me. Im not a fan of loud exhaust systems and I live in a quiet neighbourhood, I live in northern canada and if I dropped it I would get stuck in the snow, and the ISP rims are my favorite rims so no point in getting another set.

blk250

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some one got the black roof, but that does not show a lot on the TP car.
all other black mods you said sound good, only need to check out that black roof...Good luck!..

edgeucated

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try to have someone photoshop it to see if you like them

cupid0210

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Sounds gooood to me!!! You should totally go for it!

brociouz

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What do you mean it doesn't show a lot? You saying there's not enough contrast between light silver and black?

is150

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i think that it will look good minus the blacked out tail lights. search posts by calviin his car looks like you describe when he had the black volks on it. ill try and dig up a post for you

Edit: check out the 2nd post of this thread https://www.clublexus.com/forums/whe...e28n-19-a.html

stevejones

Thanks! I really wanted to see a pic on how it would look and dayum that looks sick. I really want to get the black roof now, Im just kind of scared because I dont want to hurt the resale value of my car because its going to be permanent. Also what would it probably cost to get that done by a body shop?

is150

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alot of people are just having it done with gloss or matt black vinyl. that way when they go back to stock they just peel it off. as for price im not sure. search vinyl roof or black roof and pm some members who have had it done

IS-SV

Sounds good, with all the other trim blacked out.

brociouz

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I'll be getting a black vinyl roof probably this weekend - I'll post pics in this thread.

Eldr1dgE

Does it snow all year long?? Get some coilovers and your cars look will change dramatically and when it snows you can raise it back up..just a thought

stevejones

No not all year long usually until till may, then u got the big bad pot holes and then I gotta deal with the terrible roads... Im pretty sure the roads in the winter are smoother than the summer. This year is an odd year tho its not even april and we have almost no snow left.

Rash

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Black roof, maybe.

Anything else, no.